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My only issue with Sanctism, and with Atlus' representation of Monotheism (and religion in general) is that they are always strawmen. Their idea of faith is just blind conformism, with no semblance of good sides, especially Monotheism is depicted as mere conformity, ignoring the many times it is not. They want to make deep stories, but you can't make a deep story if you aren't willing to face complex issues. It is absolutely possible to criticise religion with nuance, for example by showing a good religious character and a bad one, showcasing the pros and cons of the concept. Atlus' approach is just philosophical cowardice

“Racism is bad” White skin tone main character lol. I’d imagine there’d be a ton more hate, vitriol, double speak, and dog whistling if this theme came with a black main character. It is what it is though lol. Just a thought albeit a very realistic and honest one.

Amazing video bro you just popped on my timeline glad you did cause this video is so good I liked and subbed like half way through it and I literally never do that

I thought metaphor’s message was beautiful. Really gave me a better grasp on core issues we face in life

It's the best writing in the series so far, however I haven't completed it. I'm sort of dreading the middle of the game because that's when I have felt most of these games fall apart. They are simply longer than they have time to write in order to keep all of the characters involved and there is room to grow. A lot of the exposition and metaphor within the fame is a bit silly at times, but I haven't seen how the game wishes to connect everything together, qnd I don't know what the twist is, yet, but you can feel it coming from just how pointed the writing is from the very beginning. It's interesting up to the end of the second big act so far. All of the characters are far better than the persona games so far.

One thing I’ve noticed immediately is the dungeons being absolutely SATURATED with magla and are places that should be safe normally, a massive church and the castle of a well respected noble. It’s likely that these locations ARE normally safe but the anixity felt by the people are corrupting them, turning both into a den of monsters. It brilliantly shows how anixity can infect even the areas around us, making spaces that should feel safe into ones that slowly drive us to madness.

As someone with anxiety I can comfirm I make my own monsters.

this is my favorite video of my favorite video game

The only thing i want to add to this absolutely phenomenal breakdown, and thats that, in the epilogue, *things arent instantly fixed* but everyone is hopeful for it. The problems are being worked on, the anxieties are being addressed, and possibly not even the most effectively. It feels so positive and relatable because while it is fantasy, it manages to give us that grounding that, yes, we can embody heroes and subside our anxities for a better world, but it will also take WORK, it will take the occasional FAILURE, but it can be sustained with hope, idealism, and support.

Damn, you said something "obvious" but I wasnt able to figure! The fairy is very reminiscent of smt lol

That's an awesome video ! Thanks for your insight on this game

I really enjoyed this video, you dived very in-depth into the anxiety motif in Metaphor, and this video made me think critically about the game more. However, I think I still strongly disagree that overcoming is the main thematic idea in Metaphor. My opinion is that anxiety is heavily used in this game to talk about the real main thematic idea, which is overcoming fascism. I would say the theme of Metaphor is that we as a society can overcome fascism only if we can believe it’s possible to overcome our anxiety and prejudice. This is shown so clearly by (in my opinion) the most important scenes in the game - the scenes where you read out of the fantasy book. When the protag reads out of the fantasy book, initially the party members mostly comment that it sounds unbelievable. By the end of the game, they all believe that their fantasy is possible and through that belief they are able to overcome Louis. The Anxiety motif is used in conjunction with prejudice to demonstrate how people fall into fascism (siding with Louis or arguably siding with Forden). Speaking of Louis, he is also the perfect example of the fascism theme, since he is a textbook fascist. He believes only a certain group of people (the strong) deserve to survive, and he goes to great lengths to make sure everyone else will die. The final boss and ending sequence are not just about overcoming anxiety, it’s about preventing a fascist takeover BY overcoming anxiety and prejudice. This is why the call to action to the player is so heavily emphasize through the connections to the real world - the game wants the player to analyze how their own anxiety’s and prejudice affect the world negatively, specifically in a political manner. Regardless of whether you agree with me or not, I’m somewhat surprised you didn’t really tie your analysis of anxiety in Metaphor into the political elements of this very politics-heavy game. However, barring that somewhat minor gripe, this video is the best Metaphor analysis video I have seen and I didn’t even consider half the points you have made. I would love to see a follow-up video about the more political aspects of Metaphor - I think you would do a great job with it.

I love Atlus as much as the next guy but I honestly feel like P5 and onwards they put too much emphasis on a story they really don’t know how to make. From what I go was the theme that “Fantasy has power to real life” and that is a terrible way lesson. Art imitates life we shouldn’t be sitting there obsessing over fiction. If that part wasn’t in this game it would easily be my 3rd favorite Atlus game. I think this game’s message is similar to main line SMT where instead of picking a side you have to play neutral. Which is always considered the “right side” in this franchise. I feel the anxiety point is only brought up towards the end. I hope we can get genuine more original ideas in this series like how the devil summoner series did where it was more about the self than Persona ever will be. Ultimately that’s just my opinion and this was a great video.

Re: Sanctism - I actually thought the lack of proper dogma was kind of part of the point - the only core belief that we know about in Sanctism is the hierarchy of tribes, putting everyone into their 'proper place' and providing authority. It seemed like they were distilling the harmful parts of religion down into it's bare essentials for the game to drive the point home more firmly and to not associate it with any ONE religion but make it so it can apply to any when utilized in such a way. The 'emptiness' of Sanctism other than as a means of controlling people and settling anxiety in people's hearts (I know how the world works, it works with these people at the top, and other people below and that's how it should be and should always stay, not unlike The Outer World's Scientism!) felt, to me, to be intentional and both a source and outgrowth of the 'stagnation' since it reinforced stagnation by saying 'this is how it should be and changing it is unholy'.

I let Metaphor digest for about a month and I've settled it's in my Top 5 games of all time strictly because of the story and its themes. Rarely do the narrative themes of games transcend into reality in such an impactful manner. This game made me feel genuine hope that maybe, just maybe, we can all come out okay on the other end of this crazy, terrifying thing called "life."

17:34 i see the point but i think we can get for info about the religion if this game gets a sequel

One neat detail in the epilogue is that their is noticably less magla in the air in the capital. Some indication that the protagonist has been somewhat successful in their first year in office.

Thank you for the video, especially for the references to other games and Jung's theories. I've been waiting for an analysis of the Metaphor theme since the game's release. But I'd also like to add an aspect that is important in the Persona series and also in Metaphor - relationships between people. "a hero without allies is nothing more than a lone dissenter". Louis is a typical antagonist in this sense, his team is built on the principle of the superiority of the strong, not on common values ​​like Will's team. He does not recognize mutual support, which is important for the survival of those who are weaker. Louis, after the attack on the village, become reserved and does not trust anyone. Relationships are vulnerability, and pure strength is the solution to vulnerabilities. He is afraid of close relationships, and this fear shapes all his behavior and the principles of his ideal world: it is a world of loners, where everyone is for themselves. Yes, you can't completely shift the responsibility for your anxieties to someone else, this is common in the views of Louis and Will, but if you can't cope on your own, in Louis's world you will die, in Will's world - you will be given a helping hand. So, although Louis may seem like a strong-willed person, he too succumbed to his fears.

Thank you

Not going to lie, but the magic system gives me similar to the force system from star wars(especially the legends version). I mean it power by the mind and being emotional with it can be very deadly. To have masteristy of it, you need have control on it, especially in the light side.

Deep talk, good analysis One thing I don’t fully agree on though is the Louise part. True, he does not this out of sadist joy. Or an evil for a sake of evil. However his magla burst is not so self contained as you made it say. Because in that one moment, all his exact words are gone, and the true depth of him are shown. Because another thing that makes Louise interesting is that by the end of the game, the unstoppable smug villian that has always portrayed as immovable and one step ahead, Is deep down a hypocrite and a slave to anxiety as well. Louis acts as he does because he feels he knows what is right and knows the truth and see people weak for closing their eyes to truth willingly, which is why he hates liars But when facing thoose that deny him and feel the need to confront their anxiety, it is he that gives in to it. Basilio line on that is some tragic irony on Louise part, in the end he just did not understand the depth of anxiety Which sums up the story well, anxiety is not easily controlled, it is in us all. And to face it is to either submit or succumb to it, the story tells well how that can shape the fantasy Of being stronger In ideals

Fun little discovery I had: I was reading the Penguin Classics version of Plato’s Republic, and in the intro sections of the book, it mentioned Thomas Moore’s Utopia and I immediately thought about Metaphor’s More and his written book of Utopia. Now that I think about it, Plateau does sound a lot like Plato. Cool references to philosophy here :)

Oh boy, this is gonna be interesting

Absolutely love this video! It's great!

I love this video so, so much. Thank you.

Amazing video! Thank you for this.

Good video, but I'd maybe throw that spoiler warning up at the very beginning of this video..lol

More of this, please!

I really like seeing more videos talking about the narrative of the game, even more if I can learn something new about the narrative. Honestly, I have a love-hate relashionship with the metaphor's story, while I like the themes and message of the game, I also feel that it could have been a lot better than it is now and there's a lot of wasted potential. That's why I love seeing videos like this, it allows me to see things from a new perspective and appreciate a lot more the general plot Amazing video!

Gallica: Anxiety breeds the worst monsters. This line, what Melancholia Crystals are, and why the monsters in this game are called “Humans.” It’s all the perfect way to demonstrate how fear brings out the worst in people. As Yoda says, “fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.”

really couldn't have said it better myself.

17:24 Your criticism makes sense since Sanctism seems to be largely inspired by Christianity, Roman Catholicism specifically, one of its many denominations.

The highest praise you can give a video is being sad when it's over. This is a great video that effectively analyzes and harmonizes the overarching themes into something so deeply relatable. Like you, I'm really sad that a lot of people just walked away "racism is bad." There is such a strong meta narrative around existentialism, theocracy, and censorship to name a few. I also had no idea the humans were deliberately inspired by Hieronymus Bosch!

Interesting video!

Great video, Metaphor has such an interesting story, characters, world building and twists. My favorite game of all time. 18:09 I felt the over inflated price for igniters was a way to show that the Church tried to exploit the masses, both for the production and purchase of igniters, as well as trying to gain the military edge by suppressing real magic. Also, the world ending is, in my opinion, a clear reference to weapons of mass destruction, especially the last dragon and the relics sidequest.

I was about to lose it till he said dog

Finished the game, but it's still kinda shit tbh It feels like playing some generic anime superhero, writing and story apart for few good moments is very shallow and primitive (every western RPG dev would be ripped apart if they came with such stuff) side quests feel like some cheap asian MMORPG, game tries to be cute and serious/edgy at the same time, but it fails, because it's hard to take evil demons and angels seriously if you dumpster them with your cute waifus and pets. Half of the time I wasn't trying to get some awesome skill or demon nor defeat powerful enemy, but figure out how to climb for some fame loot on top of the building xD Still had some kino moments like visiting haunted school with your waifus, Yuzuru/Hayataro boss, Quadistu fights and music for them or first Nuwa encounter, but for me series suffer from Final Fantasy syndrome already eating on its own tail. I liked SMT because it was this edgy niche RPG stuff where I didn't know what to expect, but now it feels like they want to release same game every time but with same mechanics, same endings and same weird characters with retarded motivations. Love you Yoko, but maybe destroying the world because cars kill many peple doesn't make sense if you will kill 99.9% of them in the process anyway? BTW if this was this awesome version I don't event want to know how bad vanilla was and just pass on it.

Lol nope

Smt creators should try prophet mohd as villain in SMT 6. Then there will be no SMT 7 nor any Atlus exist anymore 🤣🤣🤣

Nuh uh

I view Dazai's heel turn in Vengeance as him leaving the place of law rep and just becoming a villain, or at the very least an antagonistic force. Also, something that I would like to mention about Tao's and Yoko's panagia forms is that they both have a little bit of the colors of the other, Tao has red and Yoko has a greenish blue, a stark contrast to their respective full goddess forms, Tao's blue and white ans Yoko's red and black, wich goes to show how much both of them took from other in the Canon of Vengeance.

Wrong also game awards in December it's unfortunate

Nope... 😞

16:53 the persona 3 legacy of killing characters shall continue whatever is the device it's on

Appreciate you not making the video all about Meguro. I feel like Atlus REALLY needs to do a Theatrythm style, SMT music game where it isn't just Persona but ALL of their music. I like the original Persona sound over the PSP versions. Sounds less grimey.

I literally just heard of this game yesterday and apparently it's a masterpiece? Where was I when this was going down

Ken Do not ask what happened on 10/4

It’s just a video game 🙄 for goodness sakes I’m a Christian and I enjoy these games but I know that it’s just a game so take these things with a grain of salt!

Got us in the first half ngl